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. 2015 Oct 8;10(10):e0139802. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139802

Table 2. The 95% credibility intervals of trophic contribution (%) of organic matter sources or prey groups to the diet of the consumer groups.

Consumers Habitat Organic matter source Prey groups
Cluster/Main trophic groups CPOM FPOM SOM MPB Inter-/subtidal pelagic-affinity prey (A) Subtidal benthic-affinity prey (C1) Intertidal benthic prey (D)
Lower trophic level
A Pelagic feeders Intertidal 16–36 16–36 17–36 15–34
Subtidal 25–43 8–29 24–41 7–18
C1 Benthic feeders Subtidal 25–43 0–8 5–21 36–43
D Benthic feeders Intertidal 0–5 0–3 0–3 84–94
Higher trophic level
B1 Sedentary consumers Subtidal 17–36 15–34 20–39 16–33 40–59 30–51 0–9
B2 Sedentary consumers Subtidal 9–28 3–20 42–64 4–10 36–47 33–48 12–23
E1 Motile consumers Intertidal 9–29 7–24 2–17 40–46 44–58 5–21 34–36
Subtidal 1–8 1–4 32–40 51–54 35–42 20–28 36–40
E2 Motile consumers Intertidal 1–9 0–6 1–7 74–80 15–31 21–39 34–36
Subtidal 1–12 1–10 1–9 62–72 8–20 31–49 38–51

The codes of cluster group of consumers are given in Table 1 and Fig 7. CPOM, FPOM, SOM and MPB stand for coarse, fine suspended particulate organic matter, sedimentary organic matter and microphytobenthos, respectively.